Gallery construction for doubledeck railway cars



A. G. DEAN April 28, 1953 GALLER Y CONSTRUCTION FOR DOUBLE-DECK RAILWAY CARS 2 SHEETS-$HEET 1 Filed Aug. 10, 1951 INVENTOR by Albert Gi Decux ATTORNEY A. G. DEAN April 28, 1953 GALLERY CONSTRUCTION FOR DOUBLE-DECK RAILWAY CARS Filed Aug. 10, 1951 2 SX'IEETS-SHEET 2 IN V EN TOR.

g llberi (I. Dewy ATTORNEY GALLERY CONSTRUCTION FOR DOUBLE- DECK RAILWAY CARS Albert G. Dean, Narberth, Pa., assignor to The Budd Company, Philadelphia, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Application August 10, 1951, Serial N 0. 241,196

Claims. 1

The invention relates to improvements in the construction of the gallery of so-called gallery railway cars, that is: double-deck cars having the second deck in the form of galleries or balconies arranged along the side walls and leaving an open space between them.

The aforesaid type of car is disclosed in an application of Joseph F. Clary, Double-Deck the aisle of the main floor in checking and collecting tickets or fares.

The invention achieves these and other objects and advantages by the formation of the gallery railing as an open latticework truss girder and as main support for the inner margin of the respective gallery floor.

The new construction dispenses with supporting stanchions between the lower main deck and the inner margin of the gallery deck, stanchions which would impede the movement of passengers to and from their seats on the main floor.

The new construction also permits relieving the roof from any substantial stresses as compared with constructions having the inner gallery margin suspended from the roof by means of hangers. Such hangers, if provided at all in the new construction, have the only function of laterally stabilizing the gallery railing.

The new construction, due to its open latticework, permits the conductor walking on the main floor to reach through the openings of the railing in checking, collecting, or distributing tickets and fares for passengers on the gallery.

Due to its relatively great height, the gallery railing has great supporting strength, even if manufactured of relatively light metal tubing, and contributes, therefore, to keeping down the overall weight and manufacturing expense for the whole car.

Further features and details, objects and advantages of the invention, will become apparent from the following description of one embodiment, which is illustrated in the attached drawing.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a framentary, diagrammatic, longi- 2 tudinal section through slightly more than onehalf of a gallery car;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section and plan view, on a smaller scale, of the entire car, the approximate plane of section being indicated by line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a transverse section, on a larger scale, substantially along line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective, on a still larger scale, from about the center of the car toward one end thereof;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary, large-scale section through the righthand railing of Fig. 3 and of adjoining portions of the gallery floor and the ceiling structure;

Fig. 6 is a horizontal, large-scale, fragmentary section through one end of the railing and one of the end wall panels; and

Fig. 7 is a large-scale, fragmentary side elevation of the connection between the upper part of the railing to the end wall.

The illustrated car has a main deck and underframe structure It, end walls ll, side walls l2, and a roof l3. The entire car is of the type in which underframe, side walls, and roof constitute together a hollow-section beam which transfers the load to the supporting trucks, indicated by the wheels [4 in Fig. 1, and takes up the compression and draft stresses.

The end walls II are provided with door openings and doors I5 for communication with adjoining cars (Figs. 1 and 14). The side walls l2 each have a central entrance opening and doors l6 combined with step well I! (Fig. 1). On both sides of the vestibule interconnecting side doors l6 are arranged stairs I8 along each of the side walls. These stairs lead to the galleries l9, each of which extends between one of the stairs l8 and an end wall H. The side walls are provided with two rows of windows 20, one below the gallery and the second above the gallery. A row of double seats 2| is arranged on either side of a central aisle 22 of floor l0 and a row of single seats 23 on each gallery l9 along the respective side wall [2. Each gallery ends at the respective stair with its newel post 24.

These rather diagrammatically illustrated and briefly described general arrangement and construction of the car are substantially similar to those disclosed in the aforesaid application Serial No. 217,663.

The outer margins of the gallery floor 25 are supported through brackets or sill structures 26, the latter being secured to the respective side walls II. A raised floor portion 21 has its outer margin likewise supported by the side wall H and its inner margin at '28 by the mid-portion of floor 25. Floor portion 21 carries the seats 23, while the inwardly projecting portion of floor 25 provides for a relatively high aisle between it and root l3.

The inner rnarginof floor 2 5 is supported by a double walled panel structure 29 which constitutes the so-oalled decency panel. The lower margin of structure 29 is reinforced at 30 and tele scopingly receives and is secured to the inner margin of floor 25. Structure 29 is at certain in tervals additionally reinforced in its interior, by vertical braces 31 inserted between its panels 32, 33. Said panels form the niaiii'elernnts of structure 29, and their upper margins telescopingly receive and are structurally connected to a box-sec: tional beam or tube 34. Tube 34 constitutes the lower chord member of the gallery railing which, in addition, is composed of tubular upper chord 'iileinbr as sin (iii-gens struts 3t inter-connecting chords 34,35. Upper chord 35 serves simultaneously as hand rail and is provided for this purpose with a top molding 31.

' The lower panel structure '29, as well as the railing have their ends structurally tied into one and wall H and one newel post 24. The tie-in of the railing to newelpost 24 is by means of an inward projection 38 of the latter, which in turn ties into a transverse structure 39 extending between the side walls under the roof in the central region of the car. i

End wall H has an inner panel l!) supporting a hat-section ll. Secured tdsection 41 i the end of upper chord member 35 and or end strut 36 by means or brackets 42 and gussets lfi, as shown in Figs. 6 and Panel structure 29 and lower chord member 34 ar sirnilarly tied into minus and hatfsection 41, the hatsections for opposite gallery flanking the passage door l5, Fig. 4. The other end or railin and panel structure is similarly tied into projection 38 of the newel post, a

Lat'eifal stability of the'galle'ry railing is increased by tubular hangers 44; which extend between upper chord rriernber 35 and structure lltl,

which latter projects downwardly from the roof the illustrated embodiment but is susceptible to modifications and adaptations which will easily occur to those skilled in the art.

What is claimed is:

1. In a double-deck railway car having a body structure including side Walls and having an upper deck in the form of galleries extending along and inwardly from said side walls, gallery floors, railings along the inner margins of said galleries, said railing being forrned as open latticework triiss girders having their ends structurally connected with and supported by said body structure, said railings supporting the inner margins of the gallery floors.

2. In a double-deck railway car: side walls, a roof, a floor, and longitudinally spaced upright supporting structures, such as end and partition walls; an upper deck in the form of a gallery extending inwardly from and along one of said side walls between two of said upright structures, said gallery having a floor and a railing along the inner inargin of said floor; said railing being largely in the iorm ofan open lattice truss having pper and lower chords interconnected by struts, the ends of said truss being structurally secured to and'supported by said upright struc tures', and means along the lower'margin of said truss structurally and suppoi'ting ly' intero'orinct ing it with the inneriria-rginof said gallery floor.

3. In a double-deck railway car according to clairn 2: said means interconnecting said railing trussand the inner rnarginof the gallery lioor, being in the-form of a panelstructure serving simultaneously for hiding from view the lower -being in the form of a hollow; double-walled panel structure comprising transversely spaced panels, said trusshaving its lower chord telescopingly received between and structurally secured to said.

Panels- 5. In a double 'deck railway cari side walls, a roof, a floor, longitudinally spaced vertical supporting structures, an upper deck in the forrn of a gallery extending inwardly from and along a side wall between two of said upright structures, at least one being formed by a newel post of a stair leading to said gallery said gallery having a; floor and a railing along the inner margin of said floor, said railin being largely in the form of an open lattice truss, the ends of said truss being struts-'- turally secured to and supported by said newel post andthe second one of said upright struc tures',*and rneans along the lower margin of said truss girder structurally interconnectin the latter with the inner margin of said gallery floor so as to form the inner support for said floor;

ALBERT a. DEAN.

No references cited. 

